Clothes

Crystal120410

Hey ladies, I was wondering about how soon or at what point did you start showing. I'm already pretty bloated from IVF so I'm not fitting in my regular clothes. I am going on vacation and need to buy some summer clothes. I'm trying to get a idea how soon I'm going to be growing. Thanks girls!

Crystal120410

Ok great thank you.

CNYBride05

MrsLee04:

The IVF bloat will go down and you'll be back to normal for awhile.  Don't expect to start showing until 12+ weeks. 

This was not my experience.  I went from IVF bloat to bump with nothing in between.  I wasn't able to wear my regular pants starting even before my BFP w/o a belly band.  Started wearing maternity pants around 10w.

jezebel57

Hey lady!  Good to see you on here!  I was REALLY bloated from my 1st beta to about 6 weeks then it went down.  i'll be 9 weeks on Tuesday and can still fit in my regular pants, but they are starting to feel tight (actually more in the hips, not the belly).  i am tending to wear a lot of dresses to be comfortable and only wear dress pants to work 1 or 2 days per week.  i'm assuming i'll start needing maternity clothes around 12-14 weeks.  congrats again!

ktjruss03

I was in maternity pants by 8 or 9 weeks!

pinkmickey24

I went straight from ivf bloat to pregnancy bloat. I was rubber banding and wearing a belly band around 7 weeks.

Brummy14

I started showing (noticeably) around 12-14 weeks. That's when the questions started. I was pretty dang thin prior to getting pregnant, so any extra bump-age was pretty obvious! I was in maternity pants by then -- I hated the Bella Bands, so elastic waistbands were my go-tos. I just needed extra pants -- I wore my regular tops for quite some time -- it was probably around 18-20 weeks I started dipping into the actual maternity tops. 

Ruthie04

I'm not sure if it was the IVF bloat or just the way my body reacts to those early pregnancy hormones (I also had the intense bloat with a TI pregnancy), but I was huge from day one. I was in maternity jeans at 8w and full blown maternity clothes at 13w.

JennP03

pinkmickey24:

I went straight from ivf bloat to pregnancy bloat. I was rubber banding and wearing a belly band around 7 weeks.

 

This exactly.  Maternity clothes by 12 weeks. 

Mrs.Guz

I didn't do IVF, but I was wearing a belly band around 8 weeks and maternity pants around 13 weeks. Tops around 15 weeks. But it was in between seasons and my second pregnancy. You could probably get away with nonmaternity dresses/skirts at least for a good bit of the summer depending on the cut.

MrsNukem

ktjruss03:

I was in maternity pants by 8 or 9 weeks!

Me too. The IVF bloat combined with my short torso made me have an early bump. Maternity pants are so comfy! I'm glad I didn't wait to start wearing them.